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I just created a new project today named ColorChord and all was looking good until I just checked and notice that it has been removed ? This was going to be a contest entry and was/is for the visually impaired.

I'm new to this site, is there an option to change the color theme/skin of the site? I'm finding it hard to read with the current dark color theme. I'd like to view it in more lighter colors, for example the colors in the Twitter feed.

Is there a section for people to request a project blog post? For example, if someone is not sure what project they should work on next, they could check a list of requests from Hackaday visitors for things the visitors would like to see on the site. Maybe the visitors could collectively donate an amount to come up with custom challenges in parallel with the Hackaday challenges.

I’ve never heard of that. After looking up the term, I would say yes. I’ll look into it more. Thanks!

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Edit: I didn’t find any project bounties directed to makers, but maybe you, or someone else, knows a keyword or website for that kind of thing. I’m thinking it would be cool for site visitors to request fun or educational projects they would like someone to work on. The idea is that someone would post an request for a project (likely to cost under $1000 to produce) and either ask for a bounty or not, and other visitors can further support a project request with more funding or upvotes.

probably through the auto-follow onboarding process where people get ask what they like and then click on certain projects to follow, without actually looking at it in detail, because they're still trying to get through the onboarding process.

I’d like to propose an update for HaD.io projects and to HaD blog posts which would allow similar, or related, projects to be classified by the community, and eventually by algorithms; rather than just by project members. As an example, several motor projects that integrate coils into multilayer PCBs have been recently produced. If someone wants to develop, or iterate on, a design, it would be convenient for all such projects on HaD to be filtered in a search. The creator could add an existing classification tag for #motor and then create a tag for #PCBcoil. After this, a general HaD member can add their own tag to further categorize the type of motor as a #motor.stepper and #DC. The next part would take a more significant effort, but an algorithm can parse project descriptions and provide additional classification tags.Allow visitors to filter projects by the creator, member tags, or algorithm tags.

can any HaD member, that isn’t a member of a project, add a tag to a project or blog post and can you use multiple classification tags at once in a search filter in order to narrow down the number of related projects?

I think only project members can add tags that visitors can select from a list.

You have as much chance of finding stuff with the right keyword than random strangers that could use totally different tags than you would use to describe things. :P

List are curated, so the classifications are uniform. You would only need to nail it down further more if you have hundreds of entries in a list. Look at your own example. How many PCB motors are there?

I think allowing strangers to use completely different keywords and then using algorithms to link the keywords to other keywords would provide visitors ways to serendipitously stumble upon pages they normally wouldn’t have visited.

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Edit: @K.C. Lee Thank you for your reply. I'm not able to reply to your post below, so I'll reply here.

I agree, the community should only be able to add, not remove or change, tags to someone else's creation. The creator's original tags can be listed separately from the community's amended/added tags, so that it's clear what the creator originally intended. Creators post creations on this site in order to share their creation with the community, and allowing the community to add tags that the creator didn't think to add can help others find the creator's project.

As a content provider, I have seriously issue if I don't have the editorial say on what is being tagged on ultimately **MY** creation and as such I do have the rights to tag my articles. There are potential negative connotations or associations with letting someone else tag your content.

At most the readers can suggest additional tags, BUT it is ultimately MY rights to tag it. Not your nor anyone else's right nor business.

That's what I think. If that's implemented and I don't have the option to opt out, I think I'll delete all my contents.

Some of us don't like being tagged/labelled especially where we hang out..

I would like to ask You a question. What about adding an option to unsubscribe from some contest?

There is an option to add project into som list like "Hackaday 2018 price contest" But I didn't see any way to remove the project from list. Eg someone needs to fix a bug. So if it's not too late, it's fine to remove it before ending.

Hi - inviting people to join a project from the project page seems buggy. I find the person in search and try to add them but usually get the message "Something is wrong. Please try again." Is there another way to adding people to a project?

The map on the Hackerspaces page is completely unusable on mobile - it doesn't seem to support touch events. The only things that work are the buttons (zoom, etc.) but I can't even pan the map. I'd suggest using Leaflet for the map.

Can the "ADD COMPONENTS" part of the Project be made more user friendly. Adding each component, one line at a time is really awkward. Shouldn't it be possible to parse and read a CSV file to build a BoM, just like Digikey or Mouser?@Sophi Kravitz , @Lutetium , @Aleksandar Bradic

We have tried to provide some of this capability via a FC Pro Open Hardware integration, but it hasn't been publicly visible nor directly integrated into the core Hackaday.io flow. We'll make sure to prioritize this. Thanks!

On my netbook (ASUS 1005HA, 1024x600 screen), the top banner in the PM/Chat page is unnecessarily thick and overlaps the chat frames at the top. I can't see whether or not the top person in the list is online or not! Codefix, plzkthx.

On tagging and inviting people- When you tag someone with a generic name in the chat, like steve of something, there's 100 of them, and the chances of the one you want popping up in the 5 that you can choose from is very slim. Also, i tried to invite @Austin Tomson to the #Chat for Drones, and he didn't show up. Idk what's the problem with it.

Not sure why Austin won't show up, but another option to look into is enabling a public chat for the drones project. A public room skips the whole invite process, and you get a public chat button on the project page. You can still invite contributors to the existing chat room. https://cdn.hackaday.io/images/7148251524677483235.png

Sure, try it out and let me know what you think. Just to be clear, you will see two rooms in chat, the public one will have a world icon. You can share that URL and visitors can see the chat but not post until they register and join it.

Sorry, it's a priority and thanks for the reports. There are ongoing changes to existing strategies as they find workarounds. It needs to be done in a way that doesn't impact everyone else's experience.

I don't think anyone feels the need to post +20 projects a day, so maybe a restriction is something everyone can live with. I think shadow banning and some more moderators could help for a start. (I came back to say it's 208 projects now)

+1 ...side note, there shd be a site where bots' heads are placed on pikes along an information superhighway bridge, as a message to those who dare cross. Oh, and a modern Dog The Botunty Hunter show on Discovery Channel. Copyright!!!